Trish Doyle

Trish Doyle MP
Member of theNew South Wales Parliament forBlue Mountains
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 March 2015
Preceded by	Roza Sage
Parliamentary secretaryforClimate Change,Energy,the EnvironmentandHeritage
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 April 2023
Minister	Penny Sharpe
Personal details
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Labor Party
Residence	Lawson
Alma mater	Macquarie University
Occupation	Teacher
Website	www.trishdoylemp.com.au

Trisha Lee Doyleis an Australian politician who was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyas the member forBlue Mountainsfor theLabor Partyat the2015 New South Wales state election.

Career

Doyle was a school teacher, and worked on the staff of Blue Mountains MPPhil Koperbergbetween 2007 and 2011. Doyle ran unsuccessfully as the Labor candidate in 2011 when the then incumbentKeneallyLabor Government was swept from power. She was later preselected again ahead of the2015 New South Wales state electionas the Labor candidate. The boundaries of the Blue Mountains electorate were redistributed before the election, increasing the margin for theLiberal Partyfrom 4.7 to 5.4 points.

At the 2015 election Doyle topped the first preference vote with 41.2%. There was a swing of 18.7 points toward her on first preferences. In the two-party-preferred distribution she beat sitting MPRoza Sagewith 58.1% of the TPP vote, an increase of 13.5 points on the previous election. This was the first time in its history that the seat of Blue Mountains was not won by an MP from the party that would form government after that election, breaking the bellwether status of the electorate.

Doyle was sworn into theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyon 5 May 2015 and made her inaugural speech to the House on 13 May 2015.

In November 2018, responding to allegations that the then NSW Labor leader,Luke Foley,had groped an ABC journalist in 2016, Doyle called on Mr Foley to resign his leadershipby the end of the day and threatened to put a spill motion to the Labor caucus if he refused.He resigned an hour later.

At theNew South Wales election in March 2019,Doyle was re-elected to her second four-year term with a two-party swing toward her of 6.7 points, giving her a final two-party result of 64.9%.This is the highest result achieved by a candidate in theBlue Mountains electoratesince its establishment in 1968, besting the previous record holder, Labor'sBob Debus,who received 64.8% of the vote in2003.

In the July 2019 leadership contest Doyle supportedJodi McKayagainstChris Minnsto lead NSW Labor. Doyle was promoted to the Shadow Ministry in July 2019by McKay, being given responsibility for Emergency Services, Women and the Prevention of Domestic Violence. Doyle was not selected by Minns to continue in the Shadow Cabinet when the latter became NSW Labor leader in June 2021,and returned to the backbench. She was appointed as a Parliamentary secretary in 2023.

Personal life

Doyle grew up in Canberra and the Riverina. As was revealed in her inaugural speech to the NSW Parliament, she grew up in public housing and a home rife with poverty and domestic violence.Doyle attendedMacquarie Universityand graduated with a BA Dip Ed. She is married and lives with her husband Christopher in the upper Blue Mountains. She has two sons, Patrick and Tom.She is good friends with Federal MPTanya Plibersek.

Electoral history

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]

2011 New South Wales state election:Blue Mountains

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Roza Sage	17,681	39.1	+10.6
	Labor	Trish Doyle	10,253	22.7	-18.1
	Independent	Janet Mays	7,804	17.3	+17.3
	Greens	Kerrin O'Grady	7,647	16.9	+0.7
	Christian Democrats	Merv Cox	1,841	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			45,226	97.5	−0.4
Informal votes			1,141	2.5	+0.4
Turnout			46,367	94.0
Two-party-preferredresult
	Liberal	Roza Sage	20,736	54.7	+15.8
	Labor	Trish Doyle	17,144	45.3	-15.8
	LiberalgainfromLabor		Swing	+15.8

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]

2015 New South Wales state election:Blue Mountains 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Trish Doyle	19,995	41.2	+18.7
	Liberal	Roza Sage	17,241	35.5	−4.1
	Greens	Alandra Tasire	7,888	16.2	−0.7
	Christian Democrats	Tony Piper	1,507	3.1	−1.1
	Independent	Mark Harrison	1,470	3.0	+3.0
	No Land Tax	Gianna Maiorana	450	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			48,551	97.5	+0.5
Informal votes			1,252	2.5	−0.5
Turnout			49,803	93.3	+0.7
Two-party-preferredresult
	Labor	Trish Doyle	25,866	58.1	+13.5
	Liberal	Roza Sage	18,616	41.9	−13.5
	LaborgainfromLiberal		Swing	+13.5

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]

2019 New South Wales state election:Blue Mountains 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Trish Doyle	23,022	46.77	+5.58
	Liberal	Owen Laffin	13,982	28.40	−7.11
	Greens	Kingsley Liu	5,993	12.17	−4.07
	Animal Justice	Gregory Keightley	2,008	4.08	+4.08
	Christian Democrats	Cameron Phillips	1,786	3.63	+0.52
	Sustainable Australia	Richard Marschall	1,496	3.04	+3.04
	Keep Sydney Open	Mark Pigott	941	1.91	+1.91
Total formal votes			49,228	97.52	+0.04
Informal votes			1,250	2.48	−0.04
Turnout			50,478	91.97	−1.33
Two-party-preferredresult
	Labor	Trish Doyle	28,834	64.86	+6.71
	Liberal	Owen Laffin	15,620	35.14	−6.71
	Laborhold		Swing	+6.71